Lost Voice Guy was a comedian from America's Got Talent: The Champions. He was eliminated in the Preliminaries.
Background[]
Lost Voice Guy, real name Lee Ridley, was the winner of Britain's Got Talent in 2018. Disabled since early life, and unable to speak, he is the first stand-up comedian in Britain to use a communication aid in his routines. [1]
In November 2018, Lost Voice Guy performed on BBC Two comedy show Live at the Apollo. He also appeared on the New Year Special of Channel 4 show The Last Leg.
Lost Voice Guy toured around North Wales and potentially elsewhere across Britain in 2019. In February 2019, he appeared in an episode of a BBC Three TV Series named Jerk. He also wrote a book entitled I'm Only In It For The Parking.
The Champions Preliminary[]
Lost Voice Guy's performance in Episode TC05 consisted of performing a stand up routine with jokes related to his disability. Howie Mandel , Mel B , Heidi Klum and Simon Cowell all gave him standing ovations. Lost Voice Guy did not receive enough votes to place in the night's Top 3, eliminating him from the competition.
After the Show[]
Lost Voice Guy competed on Britain's Got Talent: The Champions. He was eliminated in the Preliminaries.
He appeared as a guest on Lorraine in October 2019, where he discussed the fact that Meghan Markle was a fan of his, how his life had changed since his BGT win in series 12, and the fact that he was going on tour in 2020 which would be him answering silly questions about his disability that fans would ask him, later stating that he used jokes about his disability as a defence mechanism as he felt as if nobody could laugh at him, if he laughed at himself first. In April 2020 he contributed to live telethon The Big Night In on BBC One, in partnership with Children In Need and Comic Relief by providing Comedy from home.
In Winter 2020 he performed alongside fellow comedians Francine Lewis, Robert White, Steve Royle, Daliso Chaponda and Katherine & Joe O'Malley as part of a skit by David Walliams known as 'Comedy Christmas Calendar' which occurred during the Britain's Got Talent Christmas Spectacular.
In March 2021 Ridley appeared upon a pre-recorded segment of Comic Relief, which was most likely filmed at his home potentially due to COVID-19 Restrictions, several media personalities such as newsreaders, actors, comedians, & comedic duos who also filmed their segments in vehicles, workplaces or their homes told a singular joke. In his brief segment Ridley told but the first half of his joke about having once been a part of a disabled Steps tribute band known as Ramps once again, as he had previously told the full joke three years earlier in 2018 as a part of his BGT Final performance.
In December 2021, Ridley fronted the first edition his own ITV Christmas show 'Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy' on Christmas Eve. In December 2022, Ridley fronted the second edition of his ITV Christmas show 'Christmas Comedy Club with Lost Voice Guy' on Christmas Eve.
